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32-5A-176.1
Section 32-5A-176.1 Speed limits in construction zones. (a) The State Department of Transportation
may set the speed limits in urban and rural construction zones along state and interstate
highways and the county commission of a county may set the speed limits in urban and rural
construction zones along county roads or highways. The construction zone speed limits shall
be posted on the department's standard size speed limit signs at least one hundred feet in
advance of the entrance to a construction zone. Law enforcement authorities shall enforce
construction zone speed limits. Upon conviction of a construction zone speed violation, the
operator of the motor vehicle shall be assessed a fine of double the amount prescribed by
law outside a construction zone. The fine shall only be doubled for construction zone violations
if construction personnel are present and that fact is indicated by appropriate signs. The
signs, placed at the entrance of the construction zone, shall warn of the...
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32-9-20
Section 32-9-20 Schedule of restrictions. (a) It shall be unlawful for any person to drive
or move on any highway in this state any vehicle or vehicles of a size or weight except in
accordance with the following: (1) WIDTH. Vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes 12 feet or more in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 102 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. The Director of Transportation may, in his or
her discretion, designate other public highways for use by vehicles and loads with total outside
widths not exceeding 102 inches, otherwise; vehicles and combinations of vehicles, operating
on highways with traffic lanes less than 12 feet in width, shall not exceed a total outside
width, including any load thereon, of 96 inches, exclusive of mirrors or other safety devices
approved by the Department of Transportation. No passenger vehicle shall...
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32-5A-171
Section 32-5A-171 Maximum limits. Except when a special hazard exists that requires lower speed
for compliance with Section 32-5A-170, the limits hereinafter specified or established as
hereinafter authorized shall be maximum lawful speeds, and no person shall drive a vehicle
at a speed in excess of the maximum limits. (1) No person shall operate a vehicle in excess
of 30 miles per hour in any urban district. (2)a. No person shall operate a motor vehicle
in excess of 35 miles per hour on any unpaved road. For purposes of this chapter the term
unpaved road shall mean any highway under the jurisdiction of any county, the surface of which
consists of natural earth, mixed soil, stabilized soil, aggregate, crushed sea shells, or
similar materials without the use of asphalt, cement, or similar binders. b. No person shall
operate a motor vehicle on any county-maintained paved road in an unincorporated area of the
state at a speed in excess of 45 miles per hour unless a different maximum speed...
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40-17-359
Section 40-17-359 Distribution and use of proceeds. (a) For the purpose of this section, the
following terms shall have the meanings ascribed below: (1) BASE ANNUAL COUNTY DISTRIBUTION.
Five hundred fifty thousand dollars ($550,000). (2) COST OF COLLECTION. The amounts from the
proceeds of the highway gasoline tax that may be appropriated by the Legislature to the department
for its operating expenses. (3) COUNTY. Each county in the state. (4) FISCAL YEAR. The fiscal
year of the state. (5) DEPARTMENT OF TRANSPORTATION. The Department of Transportation of the
state. (6) HIGHWAY GASOLINE TAX. Both of the following: a. The excise tax levied under subdivision
(1) of subsection (a) of Section 40-17-325, with the exception of those portions of the tax
levied on aviation fuel and marine gasoline. b. The excise tax levied by Sections 40-17-140
to 40-17-155, inclusive, except that portion of the tax imposed on diesel fuel. (7) LOCAL
SUBDIVISIONS' SHARES OF THE NET TAX PROCEEDS. The 55 percent...
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32-5A-173
Section 32-5A-173 When local authorities may and shall alter maximum limits. (a) Whenever local
authorities in their respective jurisdictions determine on the basis of an engineering and
traffic investigation that the maximum speed permitted under this article is greater or less
than is reasonable and safe under the conditions found to exist upon a highway or part of
a highway, the local authority may determine and declare a reasonable and safe maximum limit
thereon which: (1) Decreases the limit at intersections; (2) Increases the limit within an
urban district but not to more than the maximum rate of speed that may be prescribed by the
Governor under subdivision (6) of Section 32-5A-171; (3) Decreases the limit on any street,
unpaved road, or highway under the jurisdiction and control of any county commission; or (4)
Increases the limit on any street, unpaved road, or highway under the jurisdiction and control
of any county commission but not to more than the maximum rate of speed...
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32-9-29
Section 32-9-29 Permits for movement of oversized vehicles or loads. (a) Authorized; application;
issuance; seasonal, etc., limitations; refusal, revocation, or cancellation. (1) The Director
of the Department of Transportation or the official of the department designated by the director,
upon application and for good cause being shown therefor, may issue a permit in writing authorizing
the applicant to operate or move upon the state's public roads a vehicle or combination of
no more than two vehicles and loads whose weight, width, length, or height, or combination
thereof, exceeds the maximum limit specified by law; provided, that the load transported by
such vehicle or vehicles is of such nature that it is a unit which cannot be readily dismantled
or separated; provided, however, that bulldozers and similar construction equipment shall
not be deemed readily separable for purposes of this chapter; and further provided, that no
permit shall be issued to any vehicle whose operation upon...
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32-1-1.1
Section 32-1-1.1 Definitions. The following words and phrases when used in this title, for
the purpose of this title, shall have meanings respectively ascribed to them in this section,
except when the context otherwise requires: (1) ALLEY. A street or highway intended to provide
access to the rear or side of lots or buildings in urban districts and not intended for the
purpose of through vehicular traffic. (2) ARTERIAL STREET. Any United States or state numbered
route, controlled-access highway, or other major radial or circumferential street or highway
designated by local authorities within their respective jurisdictions as part of a major arterial
system of streets or highways. (3) AUTHORIZED EMERGENCY VEHICLE. Such fire department vehicles,
police vehicles, and ambulances as are publicly owned, and such other publicly or privately
owned vehicles as are designated by the Secretary of the Alabama State Law Enforcement Agency
or the chief of police of an incorporated city. (4) BICYCLE....
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32-5A-182
Section 32-5A-182 Reduced speed school zones established. A reduced speed school zone is established
for any school in the county outside the corporate limits of a municipality, including schools
along state-maintained roads or highways. (1) At an appropriate distance before reaching a
reduced speed school zone, an appropriate sign or signs shall be erected warning of the approaching
reduced speed school zone. (2) A sign or signs at the end of the school zone shall designate
where the motor vehicle may resume the regular speed limits. (3) All signs and signing locations
shall be in accordance with the rules contained in the current Manual of Uniform Traffic Control
Devices. (Act 2010-692, p. 1679, §2(b).)...
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45-36-180.03
Section 45-36-180.03 Employment of county engineer. The county commission may request the Director
of the State Department of Transportation to send names of candidates for the position of
qualified registered engineer or the commission, without said names, may employ a person who
is a qualified registered engineer and who has as least five years' experience in the construction
and maintenance of roads and highways. The person may be a Jackson County resident. This person
shall head the department of public works in Jackson County and shall be referred to as the
county engineer. During his or her employment, the engineer shall devote his or her entire
time and attention to the maintenance and construction of county roads, bridges, and ferries
and he or she shall reside in Jackson County. He or she shall select for the transfer to the
county department of public works up to 75 percent of the state employees, at their option,
who presently are employed by the State Department of...
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23-5-13
Section 23-5-13 Violation of State Department of Transportation rules or regulations. Any person,
firm or corporation who violates any reasonable rule or regulation prescribed by the State
Department of Transportation for the better construction, repair and maintenance, protection
and preservation of the public roads, bridges, highways and rights-of-way of roads and highways
of this state shall be guilty of a misdemeanor and, on conviction, shall be punished by a
fine of not less than $100.00 nor more than $500.00 and, at the discretion of the judge trying
the case, may also be sentenced to hard labor for the county for a term not to exceed six
months, unless otherwise provided by law. (Code 1923, §4449; Acts 1927, No. 347, p. 348;
Code 1940, T. 23, §127.)...
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